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- Police said a 19-year-old admitted to starting a fire at the weekend over the TikTok ban.
- The fire took place at an office used by Wisconsin Rep. Glenn Grothman. The man was arrested nearby.
- President-elect Donald Trump said he will issue an executive order delaying the ban.
A 19-year-old cited the TikTok ban as motivation for setting fire to a member of Congress’s office over the weekend, police said.
The fire took place on Sunday at a strip mall in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, which included a district office used by Rep. Glenn Grothman, according to a statement from the local police.
Grothman, a Republican, was among the 352 members of Congress who voted in favor of the bill requiring ByteDance, TikTok’s parent company, to divest from TikTok in the US or face it being banned there.
The local fire department said there was “moderate damage” to the outside of the office, but no injuries were reported. It said the blaze appeared “suspicious” in nature and that it would be investigated.
Police said in a statement that the 19-year-old suspect, who is from the Wisconsin city of Menasha, was arrested near the building.
The man, who was not named, “admitted to starting the fire in response to recent talks of a TikTok ban,” it said.
Speaking to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Grothman said he didn’t know yet what had happened “other than somebody tried to set a fire over TikTok.”
Grothman has previously co-sponsored a bill banning TikTok from US government devices, and has referred to the app as a “growing national security threat.”
Grothman’s office did not respond to a request for comment from Business Insider made outside working hours.
On Friday, the Supreme Court upheld the ban on TikTok. The platform was down for US users for 12 hours starting late Saturday night.
As of Sunday, however, the app was accessible again, and President-elect Donald Trump, who is due to take office on Monday, said that he will issue an executive order delaying the ban.
“Thanks for your patience and support,” read a message to TikTok’s US users. “As a result of President Trump’s efforts, TikTok is back in the US!”
The threat of losing access to TikTok has dismayed many of its approximately 170 million users in the US, including the armies of creators and influencer marketers who make a living on the platform.
